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figure out if you actually need the formal education

Wondering if you think you'll use the masters in a field that requires a masters or if this is mostly for personal growth and discovery? If the latter, are there ways to grow in your knowledge and skills without actually going back to school?

@mattshawsome

Oct 22, 2024

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going to grad school

surely nothing will go wrong if you go to grad school

@crispy

Jan 28, 2024

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Currently getting my mba

I never wanted to go to grad school either but I decided to get my mba and countless career advancement opportunities have come my way as a result. a huge component for that was the affordability of the program I enrolled in, so please dont go into crazy debt for this degree unless youre confident the career earnings will outweigh the effort it will take to pay off that debt. Also understand you will be incredibly broke during this grad program unless you’re already making good money or have a decent savings to fall back on. thats part of the commitment. Overall I am in support of pursuing higher ed, but only if the economics are safe and youre ready to grind.

@mintgawd

Mar 17, 2025

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Second Brain!

I have a lifetime of writing, teaching, musing, etc. So much stuff. But I live on the road. I no longer have a homebase. So ... what to do with the paper? Some I have to keep (tax purposes and wills and things), but most of it I need a better way to absorb for future use. If you push a digital second mind app out, I am likely to test it within your first month. I am on that like a wet t-shirt in August. But I have not found my digital home. yet. Enter MyMind and MuseApp. Still playing with these and not willing to go the distance yet, but both offer some nifty upgrades to porting my papers hither and tither. Mymind is super private and provides some AI insights on my text and images. Sorts things pretty automagically and let's me grab text snippets like a boss. I am leaning toward walking the aisle with MyMind. Museapp has one advantage. https://museapp.com/#use-cases It allows me to put my hot mess of papers and musings on to boards ... and those boards can be printed!! So I can wrangle all of my thoughts about character Erika and then print a 10,000' view of Erika when I need a visual cue as I write about Erika. I know, I am talking about wrangling paper and then suggesting that I upload paper and reprint, but it's not like that. Or not totally like that. I need visuals of things at the aerial level. The aerial view of the stuff helps me sort the stuff into usable nuggets. Anyway. If you are hunting for a way to wrangle your thoughts and papers give these folks a try.

@gmatkate

May 2, 2024